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	<td class="title"><a href="http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/index.html">youtube-dl</a></td>
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<h1>What is it?</h1>

<p><em>youtube-dl</em> is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the <a href="http://www.python.org/">Python interpreter</a>,
 version 2.x (x being at least 5), and it is not platform specific. It 
should work in your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. It is released 
to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or 
use it however you like. The project is currently being developed at <a href="https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/">github.com</a>.</p>

<p>I will try to keep it updated if YouTube.com changes the way you 
access their videos. After all, it is a simple and short program. 
However, I can not guarantee anything. If you detect it stops working, 
check for new versions and/or inform me about the problem, indicating 
the program version you are using. My contact information is at <a href="https://rg03.wordpress.com/contact-me/">rg03.wordpress.com</a>.
 If the program stops working and I can not solve the problem but you 
have a solution, I would like to know it. Furthermore, if you think you 
can maintain the program yourself, tell me.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the feedback received so far. I am glad people find my program useful.</p>

<h1>Authors</h1>

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<li>Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez: program core, YouTube.com InfoExtractor, metacafe.com InfoExtractor and YouTube playlist InfoExtractor.</li>
<li>Danny Colligan: YouTube search InfoExtractor, ideas and patches.</li>
<li>Benjamin Johnson: Google Video InfoExtractor, Photobucket 
InfoExtractor, Yahoo! Video InfoExtractor, generic InfoExtractor, ideas,
 patches, etc.</li>
<li>Vasyl' Vavrychuk: DepositFiles InfoExtractor, ideas and patches.</li>
<li>Witold Baryluk: Dailymotion InfoExtractor.</li>
<li>Paweł Paprota: YouTube user videos InfoExtractor.</li>
<li>Gergely Imreh: Facebook InfoExtractor, ideas and patches.</li>
<li>Many other people contributing patches, code, ideas and kind 
messages. Too many to be listed here. You know who you are. Thank you 
very much.</li>
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<div class="note">Copyright © 2006-2011 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez</div>


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